Scott Baio

“For reasons I don’t understand, I am the target of false claims that threaten everything that is important in my life," Baio said in a statement read by his spokesperson at a press conference. "I am hurt and I am angry, but mostly, I am stunned that anybody can be so cruel to attack not just me, but my family."

The Charles in Charge star says Baio abused him on set of the syndicated sitcom when he was between the ages of 12 and 15. “I dreaded the teasing and daily attacks on my personality,” said Polinsky of Baio's alleged "hazing" and "torture," which included throwing a cup of hot tea in his face. Polinsky was joined at a press conference this morning by his attorney Lisa Bloom and co-star Nicole Eggert, who has accused Baio of molesting her when she was underage.

In supporting co-star Nicole Eggert last week in her sexual misconduct allegations against Baio, Polinsky accused Baio of physically assaulting and mentally abusing him. Variety reports that Polinsky has scheduled a press conference for Wednesday in which he'll also accuse Baio of sexually abusing and sexually harassing him when he was a child actor on the syndicated sitcom. The press conference will mark Polinsky's first time speaking out about his allegations.

It was impossible because when a child is on a set, they’re either in school or they’re on the set with a teacher and their parents,” he said on Good Morning America, responding to his Charles in Charge co-star's molestation allegations. He added: “Her story keeps changing, she makes up new things and by the way, I am not the first person she’s done this to.” ALSO: Eggert said she plans to meet with Los Angeles police about Baio.

Following the former Charles in Charge star’s appearance this morning on Megyn Kelly Today to discuss her molestation allegations against Scott Baio,The Dr. Oz Show producers told Eggers reps that they would air her interview on Wednesday, three weeks after it was taped.

“He immediately took to me, and befriended me, and earned my trust,” a teary Eggert told Megyn Kelly this morning describing her older Charles in Charge co-star. “And then he started expressing his love for me, and talking about marriage in the future. And then — I was still 14 — before my 15th birthday, we were at his house, in his car, in his garage and he reached over and he penetrated me with his finger. And that is when the sexual touching and abuse started.”

TMZ has released photos of what it says is Dr. Oz interviewing Eggert on Jan. 10 about her molestation allegations against her former Charles in Charge co-star Baio. Eggert is shown sitting with her lawyer Lisa Bloom. After the taping, TMZ reports that Baio’s attorneys sent a letter threatening legal action and arguing that her timeline “did not make sense.” TMZ further reports that “we contacted the show, and they would only say they are ‘investigating.”’

Eggert had previously said she dated and lost her virginity to Baio, her co-star on the family sitcom from 1987 to 1990. But on Twitter Saturday, Eggert alleged that Baio molested her. “Ask @scottbaio what happened in his garage at his house when I was a minor. Creep,” she tweeted. In subsequent replies to twitter commenters, Eggert described herself as a “molested child” and said that she was 14, 15, 16 and 17 when the alleged incidents occurred. In response to Eggert's tweets, Baio tweeted: ”I’m about to do a Facebook live to prove her claims are 100% lies!." In the 16-minute video, Baio says Eggert first made the allegations in 2012 and 2013 when she was promoting a reality show, but he decided not to respond. "I don't know what else to put out there,” he said. “She's my best friend in the world, then all of a sudden I'm the bogeyman. The problem with almost all he said/she said cases is they're he said/she said. Now, go prove it or disprove it...the real problem with this is people with legitimate claims aren't taken seriously, and that's too bad."